Alf Christophersen

Neukantianismus, Fichte- und Schellingrenaissance Paul Tillich und sein philosophischer Lehrer Fritz Medicus

Abstract This paper is concerned to take a closer look at the relations between Paul Tillich and Fritz Medicus, his philosophical teacher in Halle. The center of attention is on their orientation within neo-Kantianism and the Fichte and Schelling renaissance. A collection of letters and other documents reflects their involvement in events of contemporary history, their respective literary works, and an ongoing friendship.

Selbstbehauptung des Geistes. Richard Kroner und Paul Tillich – die Korrespondenz

Abstract This edition makes available the correspondence between Paul Tillich and his friend, the philosopher Richard Kroner, who were colleagues at the Technische Universität Dresden from the winter semester of 1925/26. They were to meet again in New York after Tillichs emigration to the United States in 1933, and Kroners six years later. In 1941 Tillich was able to secure Kroner a visiting lecturer position at Union Theological Seminary. The exchange of letters, which also includes contributions from their wives Hannah Tillich and Alice Kroner, covers the period from 1942 to 1964. It offers a remarkable account of the struggle for self-assertion and reorientation of two very different personalities who escaped the destructive will of the National Socialists. While Kroner and Tillich shared an enthusiasm for the philosophical legacy of German Idealism, they expressed it very differently in their respective works.

„Beweise einer unsichtbaren Beziehung“. Die Korrespondenz zwischen Paul Tillich und dem Tübinger Verlag J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck)

Tillich-Forschung ist durch eine eigentümliche Paradoxie geprägt. Einerseits lassen sich intensive systematische Rezeption und Strategien der Aneignung von Begriffen und Bildern Tillichs zu allen möglichen aktuellen theologischen und religiös-kulturellen Interessen beobachten, von der Vereinnahmung Tillichs für Zwecke der Feministischen Theologie oder Queer Theology bis hin zur spirituell erfüllten Religionstheologie. Andererseits sind nur vergleichsweise selten noch Bemühungen um eine konsequent historische Tillich-Forschung, also die Suche nach bisher unbekannten Quellen, die Analyse diskursiver Konstellationen und die Erschließung biographischer und werkgeschichtlicher Kontexte zu beobachten – sieht man einmal von der bewundernswerten Konsequenz ab, mit der Erdmann Sturm seit 1995 die Edition von Vorlesungsmanuskripten aus dem Nachlass vorantreibt und immer wieder auch kleinere Archivfunde1 der Öffentlichkeit präsentiert.

„Scherben ihrer Bilder, verlorne Klänge ihrer Stimmen …“. Die Korrespondenz zwischen Paul Tillich und Dolf Sternberger

Abstract This edition of till now largely unpublished correspondence between Paul Tillich and Dolf Sternberger dates from late 1933 until Tillichs death. The writer, essayist, journalist, and political scientist Sternberger was one of Tillichs most important students. In 1932, he was awarded a doctorate for his thesis on Martin Heideggers notion of death. Until 1943, he worked for the „Frankfurter Zeitung“ and started to pursue an academic career after World War II. Despite their divergent paths through life, Sternberger and Tillich always maintained a close relationship.

Die Korrespondenz zwischen Fritz Medicus und Paul Tillich

Abstract This edition, which follows a paper on the relationship between Paul Tillich and Fritz Medicus, presents their till now largely unpublished correspondence. The letters are supplemented by other significant documents from the Andover-Harvard Theological Library, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, and the university archives of Jena and Halle.

Zwischen Johannesexegese und Hegelianismuskritik: August Tholucks Briefe an Friedrich Lücke. Mit einem Schreiben von Johann Karl Thilo zur Berufung Lückes nach Halle im Jahr 1838

Edited in this contribution are eighteen of August Tholuck’s letters to Friedrich Lücke from 1827 to 1854, which were recently discovered in Göttingen’s municipal archives. In addition, ten of Lücke’s replies (1822–1838) that were made available by the Franckesche Stiftungen in Halle now receive their necessary supplementation. In its introduction and critical commentary the paper focuses on and elucidates the exegesis of St John’s Gospel, theological Hegelianism and Lücke’s appointment from Göttingen to

Ein neuer Nachlaß Friedrich Lückes in Göttingen. Mit einem Brief B. Jacobis über seine Studienzeit in Berlin und einem Brief C. A. Auberlens zur Kritik an einer „zeitgeschichtlichen“ Auslegung der Johannesoffenbarung

In Göttingen, an extensive part of the unpublished works of Friedrich Lücke, the most important of Schleiermacher’s scholars, has been made available to the public. Until now, the documents, consisting of letters, were thought to have gone missing. By focusing on several passages that are relevant to the reception of Schleiermacher, the following article affords a glance into the recently found records which are of great import for the history of theology and other academic disciplines. Included is also an annotated edition of two individual letters.

Chronologie eines Eklats. Hannah Arendt und Paul Tillich

Abstract The contribution takes a closer look at the relations between Hannah Arendt and Paul Tillich, and focuses on the controversy surrounding Emil Ludwigs ideas on a possible ‘re-education’ of postwar Germany which was published mainly in the New York journal Aufbau of 1942. The letters and other documents used from 1942 to 1965 also shed light on the personal life and work of those embroiled in this dispute, as well as their involvement in the public discussions of their day.